Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler (July 14, 1898–June 15, 1991) was a governor of Kentucky, a U.S. Senator and Baseball Commissioner.

Chandler was born in Corydon, Kentucky. He graduated from the University of Kentucky Law School and joined the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

Chandler served in the state senate of Kentucky in 1929. He served as Governor from 1935 to 1939, but resigned that office to be appointed US Senator in 1939; he was then elected to the Senate in 1940 to fill out the term and he was re-elected in 1942. He served as governor of Kentucky again from 1955 to 1959. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

He resigned from the Senate to become Commissioner of Major League Baseball in 1945 and remained in that post to 1951; during his service in this office he oversaw the initial steps toward integration of the major leagues, beginning with the debut of Jackie Robinson with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.

Chandler was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982.

External link

• An obituary (http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Chandler.Happy.Obit.html)